Castoreum canadense
By Adolph von Lippe — Keynotes and Red Line Symptoms of the Materia Medica
Common name: beaver.
Nervous, apprehensive and sad during menses (F.).
Predominant chilliness (Ant-C., Aran., Arn., Bry., Camph., Chin., Meny., Nat-M., Nux-V., Sabad., Sec., Staph., Verat.).
Is indicated in cases of nervous, hysterical woman, who are greatly prostrated as the result of some exhausting disease (Bl.).
Restless sleep, with frightful dreams and starting (Ars., Bell., Cham., Hyos., Stram.).
Constant yawning (Brom., Chel., Cocc., Graph., Lyc., Nat-M., Sulph.) (Bl.).
Attacks of chilliness with icy coldness in the back (Amm-M., Cocc.).
DYSPNŒA, WORSE FROM LYING ON THE BACK OR RIGHT SIDE, AND BETTER FROM LYING ON THE LEFT SIDE (K.).
Useful in some forms of chronic bronchitis (Ant-T., Carb-V., Hep., Kali-B., Lyc., Nat-S., Phos., Sil., Sulph.) (Bt.).
Menstrual colic, with pallor and cold sweat (Verat.) (N.).
The menstrual blood owing to tenesmus, escapes only in drops (Amm-C., Cycl., Graph., Sep.) (F.).
Pains better from pressure (Bry., Coloc., Mag-P., Rhus-T.) (N.).
Lack of reaction (Ambr., Amm-C., Caps., Laur., Op., Psor., Sulph.) (K.).
Summer diarrhœa (Bry., Camph., Chin.); green mucous stools (B.).
Feels exhausted (Carb-An., Carb-V., Chin., Cocc., Ferr., Kali-P., Lach., Mosch., Nat-M., Phos-Ac., Sep., Stann., Verat.) (N.).
Exhausting sweats after fevers (Bry., Camph., Carb-An., Carb-V., Chin., Chin-S., Ferr., Iod., Merc., Phos., Psor., Samb., Sep., Tub.) (B.).
Tearing pressure in different parts during menses (F.).
Inclination to stool during menses (Amm.-M., Bov., Caust., Nux-V., Verat.) (F.).
Abdomen distended with flatulence (Carb-V., Chin., Lyc., Nat-S., Puls.) (F.).
Cutting about the navel (Aloe, Bell., Coloc., Dios., Ipec., Mag-C., Nux-V., Puls., Stann.) (F.).
Cutting colic before stool, better from pressure, or bending double (Bell., Coloc., Nux-V., Puls.) (F.).
AGGRAVATION: During menses; from lying on the back or right side; and during hot weather.
AMELIORATION: From lying on left side; from pressure; and from bending double.
RELATIONSHIP: Compare: Ambr., Ign., Mosch., Mur-Ac., Puls., Sep., Valer., and Zinc.
Antidote: Colch.